The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-16 00:00:00

ord Palmerston at Romsey, RCMSEY, Thursday. The annual dinner of the Agricultural Association took place this afternoon in the New Corn Ex change, under the presidency of Lord Palmerston. :His lordship paid a visit to the building, in the erection of which he has manifested much interest; an Mendrq afternoon, and was met at the door by several members of the commit tee, including Messrs purchase, Greesey, and Pannick, and the architect, :Mr B. Olkley. The exterior and interior of the Etchange were thoroughly inspected by hie lord ship, who expressed himself much pleased with its whole appearance, and he signified his intention of contributing £lOO in aid of the fu:,d raises for the ezte•ation of the work. In the course of the morning, Lord Pdlmerston, secompluied by Mr Dutton, M.P., ad Mr &later -13 - ioth, passed through the eittle yard, gad made a cicser inspection of the animals exhibited. The tickets for the dinner were all disposed of Isom., days ago, and many applicants for admission were consequently much disappointed. Among the guests were Mr Batton, M.P., the Hon. Spencer CJwper, Mr Sciater.Booth, M.P., Sir C.Rawliason, Gen. Mitchell, Mr Purchase, Mr G. S. Brinton, Mr a Eidaile, Col. Tryon, Mr J. Reeves, the Mayor (Mr Dyett), Mr Lordan, the Rev. Mr Broad, Mr J. Dtiw, &c. As soon as the dinner had been placed on the table, Lard P - ALM EItSTON rose and said—' I am autt.orised by the committee of the Corn Exchange to declare that this Exchange is now open,"—an announcement which was received with great cor ciillity. After the cloth had been removed, Lord PALMERSTON said—l beg to propose to you that toast which is the first to which honour is done in every society of Englishmen, I mean " the }I ealth of her Majesty the Queen"—(cheers)—a toast which embodies the expression of that which is the d.epest and warmest feeling of every Englishman. The toast was drunk with all the honours. Lord PALMERSTON Toe next toast which I have to propose is " the Health of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family." It is most gratifying to the people of this nation that there is a Royal Family who are treading in ':..otsteps of their illustrious parents—(cheers) are destined, happily for this country, to be a source of pride and satisfaction to the people of these realms. (Loud and repeated cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON again rose and said—We are here, a society of agriculturists, and I ought not to forget onr spiritual guides. I therefore propose to you " the Health of the Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese and the Ministers of every Religious De nomination." (Cneers.) The to3st was acknowledged by the Rev. Mr. BROAD. Lord PALMERSTON—The next toast which I have to propwe is " the Army, the Navy, the Militia, and the Volunteers," I, could not be ex pzeted that man would pursue with diligence and success the pursuits of industry if he were not as sured that he would reap in security the fruits which that industry might produce, and I am happy to say that our Army, our Navy, our Militia, and our Volunteer do afford to the people of these realms that security which human arrangements can provide for them. (Cheers.) We are happily now at peace with all foreign Powers—(cheers) — but the continuance of that peace is not likely to he less certain when it is known to all foreign nations that the Army, the Navy, the Militia, and the Volunteers of England are in a state of perfect effi ciency, and ready if called upon to defend the inte rests and to maintain the honour and dignity of their courvry against all who might thin't fit to assail them. (Loud cheers.) I beg in connexion with that toast to call upon General Mitchell to respond for the Army, and Lieutenant Aisopp far the Volunteers; and if there be any naval (tad taalitia representatives hero I trust they will become volunteers upon this occasion, and not wait to ba called upon. (Oneers and hiughter.) Gin. MITCLIELL and Lieut. ALSOP rEspond,d. At the request of his lordship, Mr. OAKLEY, the Secretory, rt-ad the list of przz Lord PALM EUTON said—l now rise to propose " Health of the Successful Competitors." Those who competed not only deserve to obtain the priz:s awarded to them, but they are doing great good to the community by eetting an erimp!o to others, who no perhaps, another yer, win from them those laurels which adorn them to-day. (Cheers and laughter) I beg to propose the " Haan of the Successful Competitors," and may they continue those exertions which have gained the prlz?,s just announced by Ehe secretary. (Cheers.) The toast having been responded to, the " Health of the Uosuzcessful Competitors" was given by Sir C. RAWLINSON, and that of "The Julges" by Mr. sS,CLATER-BOOTEI. Mr PURCHASE, ns chairman of the Corn Exchange Committee, in appropriate terms, proposed the itmlth of the noble President of the Romsey Agricultural Society." The toast was received with the greatest enthnsiA.sm. Lord PALMERSTON, in responding to the toast, said—l thank you from :,he bottom of my heart for the kind manner in which this toast has been pro posed, and in which it has been accepted by the company which I have now the honour to see assem bled. It must at all times be moat gratifying to my man to met with the expression of the goodwill and approbation of his fellow-countrymen ; but, perhaps, if there is any portion of his fellow coun trymen whose goodwill and approval he may be most anxious to secure it must bo those in whose neighbourhooe he lives—(cheers) —who have oppor tunities of forming their judgment from seeing him and from knowing what he does better than those who may live et a distance can do, (Cheers.) I am therefore peculiarly gratified at the expression of goodwill and of kindness which I invariably re• carve from the people of the neighbourhood of Remsey. (Cheers.) I am glad and proud to meet you upon the present occasion. It is honourable, I think, ts the town and neighbourhood of Ronsey that we eh.u'd have erected this handsome and capacious building, to provide for that which was obviously a great want in the accommolation of the town. (Cheers.) Agriculture, like every other industry, is promoted by the intercourse of man with man, by the interchange of ideas, by the mutual intercom , - menication of knowledge, by one man telling others what he has - done, how he has succeeded, and how he has failed. All these things tend to enlighten the ideas and to promote that industry with regard to which that intercourse takes place. Hitherto the farmers who assembled in this town have been ex posed to the wind and the rain. I do not mean to say they are not stout fellows who do not care for the wind or the rain. The wind will not blow their good thoughts out of them, and the rain will not rneltuwav their good qualities. (Cheers.) Bat, never. thelese, it is very pleasant to meet in a comfortable, spacious aparrnent like this, and I am convinced that the erection of a building like this will tend to the advantage of this interesting agricultural dise trict. (Cheers.) Although I have had the honour of presiding at this agricultural dinner, I do not in• tend to take upon myself the task of talking to farmers about farming. (Laughter.) Nor do I im- Pose that anything I could say would enlighten their minds as to the praciice of the industry in which they are engaged, but I think I may be per• mitted to observe that this show to-day, both of cattle and roots, is honourable to the progress of gr i ca l7tiril industry in this ne i g hb ourhood, and I trust we are tending to advance and to improve year by year, (Cheer!) Al though I do no t pta tend to lecture up o 9 enculture, yet th ere are titiega which strike the eye end appeal to th e umderst.and. ing of every 143 . 1 . rian, however . little ho may b e acqueiated with the detani of may b agriculture,epermitted and tb ere are one or two things which to mention. In the fi r st place, I believe that th e industry of agriculture is destined very much to in crease, The introduction of machinery has i progres sively added to the produce of the soil, and t has reconciled itself even to those labourers whose cm . - ployment may at first sight appear to diminish in consequence of the introduction of machleery. When the first threshing machines were introduced there was a revolt, I may say, among the flail men They thought that the thrashing machine would take the bread cut r.)f their mouths, mid the thrash leg machines were destroyed in consequence of jealousy of the flail men. The other day whe n I was down in Herefordshire I was told by a farmer that the labourers considered the flail too severe an employment, that they would not thrash by the flail, but only by machinery, Then comes the question of ploughing. The steam plough is a recent and modern • application of science to agriculture. I cannot help thinking that it is destined to spread generally, so as to be of the greatest possible service, and although it may net be within the scope of the resources of ell farmers to go to the expense of buying a steam engine and its necessary apparatus,. why shculd not persons procure the necessary apparatus and let it out as they do thrashing machinery, and thus im prove the cultivation of the country. The great ads vantage of the steam plough is that it ploughs deeper than can be done by any other process, and anyone knows that the deeper you go the more you will let in the air and all other fertilising influences, and thus increase the produce. Again, modern science has lightened greatly the vehicles used in agricule ture. We no longer see those enormous masses of timber which were formerly drawn by horses in the shape of carts and waggons, which in themselves were heavier than the loads which they were intended to convey,which it was quite unnecessary to mike so large and heavy, which were not stronger by reason of their weight, because their weight destroyed their usefulness, and which were dearer. A great improve ment has taken place in that respect. (Cheers.) Many complaints have been made this year that the crop of turnips has been scanty, not because the crop of charlock has been scanty. (Laughter, and odes of Hear.) I have seen a good deal of the variety of colours that ornament our stubbles, and I think if there is cne thing to which the energy of our agriculturists may be devoted more than another it is to the extirpation of these weeds, which draw from the soil those elements of growth which ought to be devoted entirely to corn, grasses, and other useful things. (Cheers.) I will not detain you longer, except to say that I am very proud of hav ing the honour to preside on the present oeca-ion. I trust this is a fresh point of departure for RJI/3. sey, and that we shall be able to mark this day as a day of increasing progress in agricultural prospe rity in this district. (Cheers.) I now propose " The Health of the Chairman and Committee of the Rom sey Corn Exchange, and Prosperity to that Instie tution." (Loud cheers.) The toast was responded to by Mr Purchase, and Mr Cressey acknowledged the toast of the honorary secretary. Sir C. RAWLINSON then proposed " The Health of the Members of the County" --mentioning the names of the Hon. Mr Dutton and Mr Sclatere Booth. (Loud cheers.) Mr DUTTON, in responding to the toast, congrae tulated the town on the possession of such a build ing as the Corn Exchange, and hoped its inaugura tion would be the inauguration of a season of pros perity to agriculture. At the present moment the times were somewhat depressing. A short time ago Mr Disraeli made a speech on agricultural matters, the effect of which had been, according to the state ment of a friend of the right hon. gentleman, to send down the price of wheat 2s per quarter. (Laughter.) When it got down it had been kept down, and he could not flatter himself there was any prospect of its rising at present. (Hear, hear.) Connected with this question there was another of no less importance —the agriculturists were turning their attention to the breeding and fattening of stock, and he wished to congratulate all present on the present exhibition, which was far above the average in Romsey. (Cheers.) He believed that for the fature the farmers would have to turn a good deal of their corn into meat. Many large farmers, in stead of sending their grain to market, bed ground it into malt, and sent it up in the shape of meat. (Hear, hear.) Although he believed that wheat and ell sorts of grain could be sent into our markets at a lower price that we could grow it, still it was a fact that English b ee f an d mutton cou ld not b e sur- I passed in any part of the world, and sent into our markets at a remunerative price. (Cheers.) A 5 long as our stock was kept up, he did not think we should have much reason to complain, and if the Cnaccellor of the Exchequer would grant a relaxation of the restrictions upon barley, he had no doubt the farmer would go on with e very prospect of success. (Cheers.) Mr. SCLATER-BOOTH also responded to the toisi . , and, in doing so, said that the eight years IN hich he had represented the Northern division of the county in Parliament had been characterised in the main by a remarkable absence of party conflicts in the House of Commons, and by a still more remarkable absence of political acrimony among people out of doors. (Hear, hear.) That was a happy state of things. Although there were some discontented people telling ns we ought to be uneasy because there was nothing to be uneasy about, that was not his opinion. He considered that that happy state of quiescence was due in a great measure to the fact that during a great portion of the eight years we had been living under the mild and temperate sway of the noble lord now at the head of her May jesty's Government. (Cheers.) He said this without the slightest affectation of wishing to present him self in the light of one of the noble lord's habitual supporters. He sat in a quarter of the House which yielded to no other in respect to Lord Palmerston's character and position, and from which, one way or another, his lordship had received, and no doubt would hereafter receive, a considerable amount of moral support. (Cheers.) Congratulating the frequenters of Ramsey market on the accommo dation which had been provided for them, he begged to assure the noble lord tat if he would visit Basingstoke on a similar occasion he would receive as hearty a welcome as that which had been accorded to him on the present occasion. (Cheers.) Lord PALMERSTON, in responding to the toast of " Lady Palmerston," said—l beg, on behalf of Lady Palmerston to return you my moat sincere thanks for the manner in which that toast has been received. (Cheers.) I beg now to propose the last toast, and when I mention the word which re presents the toast I am sure you will feel that in that one word more is contained than in any other word in our language. The toast which I give you is " The Press." (Cheers.) Permit me to say that we who live in a free constitutional country know ' that the press is the true support of civil and re ligious liberty. (Cheers.) Without a free press liberty of this kind would be but fleeting; with a free press that never can be destroyed, and I may say with regard to the free press of this country that it is deserving the admiration of mankind for the ability with which it is conducted, and for the high and exalted principle by which it is animated. (Cheers.) The press of England does honour to the nation, and I am sure that all present will have great pleasure in combining with me in drinking " The Press," connecting with the toast the name of Mr. Falvey. (Loud cheers.) Mr. FALVEY briefly responded, and the company then separated. STATE OF TRADE, - - BRSDIoRD, Deo. 15.—The unexpected reduction in the Bank rate of discount had a beneficial influence in creating a more cheerful tone in the wool-market, though this was perhaps somewhat modified by the subsequent news that the Etna, which was " in," had brought intelligence, indicat ing pacific tendencies and the fall of gold in America. The transactions in wool were exceedingly limited. The demand was confined chiefly to some particular sorts of wool, and to supply immediate and pressing wants. Stocks, both here and in the country, are exceedingly low, the time of the year considered, and prices were very firmly maintained. For deep-grown wools, which are most in rt quest, there was a hardening tendency, to a slight extent. There was a very meagre business done in worsted yarns. Spin ners of coloured yarns are well occupied. A slight demand for two-told are also apparent, though spinners in most cases had to submit to reduced rates. The foreign trade was stagnant. Quotations are nominally unchanged. The piece trade was very sluggish, specially in plain goods. The home and the American houses placed orders is fancy goods. The German houses did nothing. Prices firm. [ADTEILTISEIIENT.] — HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND Prma.--Soree which .re daily extending, ulcers which are hourly deepening, may be arrested in their torturing pri gress. and induced to take a healthy action, by applying healing ointment, and taking these purifying Pills. It soothes all distempers of, and extracts all morbid humour from the skin. Old ulcers of the legs, inflammations caused by varicose veins, and cramps of the lower limbs can sen sibly be eased and shortly cured by Holloway's never-failing Ointment, which represses excessive and simulates slug gish, vascular, and nervens action. o‘ ln constit ut i ons break inn- down under piles, fi stu l ae, anl other similarly p a i n f u l give comfort, ma ladies, a pp lic ations of this cooliaz Ointment will and a persistence in its use will tffect a care. rilE SUN, LONDON*, FRIDAY MIMING, DECEMBER 16, 1864. The Extraordinary Libel Case. DUBLIN, Thursday Morning. The public interest in the case of " Travers v. Wilde" continues unabated, and the entrance or the Court cf Common Pleas is every morning besieged by the crowds who are anxious to gain admittance. As telegraphed last night, the plaintiff was under examination during the whole of yesterday. It has been already stated that the action is one of libel, brought by Mies Travers egainst Sir William and Lady Wilde, the female defendant having written to the plaintiff's father a letter, which, it is alleged, reflected on his daughter's chastity. All the parties belong to Dublin. Sir Willieen Wilde is a well known oculist and aurist. His wife, who has written under the name of " Speranza," is a poetess of some repute ; and the plaintiff is the daughter of Dr. Travers, sub-librarian in Marsh's Library, and a very distinguished scholar. The letter complained of stated that it was necessary for Lady IViide to warn Dr. Travers that his daughter was wishing to make it be thought that she had an intrigue with Sir William Wilde, and that she was endeavouring, by issuing offensive placards, and pamphlets, to extort money from Sir William and his wifo on that account. In the pleas for the defence, Lady Wilde declared that she had believed in the entire truthfulness of the statements she had made, and she also referred to a pamphlet in which the plaintiff had given a description of the circum stances attending the intrigue, or, at least, one of its most prominent incidents. The plaintiff's re joinder to this is that the Editir in question was not an "intrigue," but comet hing very different, inas much as Sir William Wilde had on one occasion, on the 14ia of Oct., 1882, violated her person in his own study. The plaintiff had originally made the acquaintance of Sir William Wilde in 1854, and had subsequently been introduced to Lady Wilde. Miss Travers had been on very intimate terms with the Wilde family, and Sir William had for several years taken a special interest in her, lending her money, and ma4,ing her presents ; and this may be the pro per place to mention that the plaintiff was in rather straitened circumstances. and required this monetary assistance from time to time. In 1861, however, the conduct of Sir William excited her suspicions, es he gave her to understand that Lady Wilde was ice. ions of her. She asked for explanations, and some remarkable letters were written by Sir William be tween that date and February, 1862, when he one day clasped Miss Travers in his arms as he was ex amining her professionally, and wanted her to call him by his Christian name, which she refused, Their acquaintance, however, was not broken off by this occurrence, and on October 14, 1862, the viola tion is stated to have taken piece. Miss Travers had called upon him, and saw Sir ',William is his study. After some conversation he pretended, as the plaintiff sates, to examine her throat, pressed his knuckles into it, and rendered her insensible. While unconscious, her person was violated. This is the history of the affair given by the plaintiff, who afterwards pubiished a number of pamphlets and placards eZpoeing Sir 'William and his miscon duct, and thus taking 'that revenge which, as she says, he had always feared shat she was meditating. On the plaintiff's direct examination, which began on Tuesday, after the completion of Sergeant Arm strong's statement on her behalf, sho swore to the violation on Oct, 14, 1862. At the sitting of the court yesterday her examination was resumed by Mr Butt, Q C., and she went into a variety of de tails in sustentatioa of Sergeant Armstrong's elate. went. She had been thinking of going to Australia after the affAir of October, 1862, and Sir 'William Wilde had sent her money, but she changed her mind and returned it. On one occasion she had pro cured laudanum, and taken it in Sir William's study. When he saw her do that, " he threw him self upon the flior and shouted Revenge, revenge! People will say I poisoned you, but 1 will have the police in.' He begged her to procure an antidote, enjoining her to say that she had when the poison accidentally. Sae went to D Walsh's, in West land-row, and got an emetic." In allusion to her limited mean 9, and her araLiety to repay him the loans of money, Sir William spoke of her "starving herself," and declared that 4 ' she would be found dead in her bad from starvation some day," and that "that would he another piece of revenge." Miss Travers conf(ssed to having isEond the pamphlets and pkcards for the parpose of annoying iody Wilde. She was anxious, the p•aintff said, for an explanatory interview with that lady and her hus band- Among other devices, she had forwarded to Sir William, while in the country, a printed slip, with a false announcement of her death—" Sud denly, at her father's residence, Williamstown avenue, Mary Josephine, daughter of Robt. Travers, M.D." She had last applied to Sir William Wilde for money in February or March, 1864. That was after the publication of the offensive pamphlet. She said, "If you do not choose to send it, see what will happen." He had also sent her money with out asking. The last money which she had received from Sir William Wilde was in August, 1863. The plaintiff was cross-examiaed at great length by Ser geant Sullivan. whose questions she answered with much coolness and apparent steadiness. Considering the extent of the eross-examination, the utmost that can be done is to give some of the questions and answers. Sergeant Sullivan—When did you first determine to exe cute your vengeance against Sir William and Lady Wilde ? —I never had any vengeance against Lady Wilde. I had a pique against her. When did you determine to execute it against Sir Wm, Wilde P—On the 16th October, 1862. That was two days after the day of the alleged outrage P —No, on that day ; I cannot swear to the 14th or the 16th. What was y.ur first act of vengeance P—l cannot tell you either my first or my second act. Was not the publication of the pamphlet the first P—No. What was before it ?—I aickened him in his study with garlic in June, 1863. How did you administer the garlic P—From a bottle. I got his handkerchief and se.turated it with the garlic. I did not tell him what to do with it. What did you give it him for ? was it to pay him off for the wrong ho had done you?—lt was a part of a 'cries of annoyances I intended giving him. Ad you bring any other mixture after that Y—Yes, I brought more garlic and water, and put it into the eoaptray in the:rcom where he received his patients, in order that he might feel some discomfort in that room. The room in which you say the offence took place P—Yes. What was your next act of vengeance ?—I reviewed the "First Temptation," translated by Lady Wilde, The publication of the pamphlets, the issuing of the placards, and the emplo3ing of the boys to ring the bells so. as to attract attention to the exposure having been spoken of, the examination proceeded. Sergeant Sullivan—Did you send copies of the pamphlet to Sir W. Wilde's family and patients P—To his relatives, yes; but I won't be sure about his patients. Did you send Lady Wilde the announcement of your death, as if it were cut out of a newspaper P—Yes. For what 2—For amusement. You sent it for amusement to the wife of the man who wronged you 2—He believed it was a notice of my death, Wh( n you went to Btay, did you take down your pamphlet with you, and employ the newspaper boys to sell it ?—Yes. Did you employ them to go to Lady Wil.le's house ? I desired ihtm to go along the eniire beach, not excluding her house. It was for the purpose of circulating them in Bray. Did you send this to Si: William Wilde, with a pin stuck through it, and in an open envelope ?—I did. Listen to this : " Your progeny is quite a pest To those who hate such critters;' some sport I'll have, or I'm blest I'll fry the Wilde breed in the West; Then you can call them Fritters. The name is not equivocal, They dare not by their mother call, Nor by their father, though he's Sir. A gouty knight, a mangy cur; He dare not even call them Frits— H )w much he'd with that I'd say Quits. "For Next Week's Handbills—the Miss Fritters 11 1 with most affectionate rf gards.—Please show this to her ladyship at tho dessert I I 1 " Sergeant Sullivan : What is the meaning of all this ? The meaning is that Sir I ,VilliamlNilde was so very core (3 the eubject of any person alluding to his children, or, as he called them hie " breed," that I wrote this for the purpose of making him think ho would be exposed, and that he might try to prevent my taking any legal means, or get the interference of my family to prevent me from annoying him, because I wanted to give my explanation of all that had gone on in his house during my intercourse with hire. As to the expression " mangy cur," it was in reference to the remark of a friend that whoever wrote a certain letter which I showed him was a mangy cur. And you sent that with your most affectionate wishes? —Yee. To the man who had outraged you ?—Yea. Is this your handwriting ?—lt is. Listen to this—" Now, spiteful old lunatic, since you want to do something for me, please cut my corn that, you did not do half before. I will keep your nose to the grind ing stone while your wife is away, and when she returns I will see her—so you had better not make a fool of me this time• I will give you a further trial for the few days lam wain ing." When did you write that ?—ln August or July, 1863, After you were injured 2—YLs. What is the meaning of it—you will give him another trial P—The meaning is, that I wished him to understand that I would see his wife. He had asked me to go there not at business hours, and that he had not time at bu;i• noes hours to operate on my coin. Then he was operating on your corn after you were violoted, as you sny you were ?—Yee. You ticked for money P—Yes. And you threatened him if you did not get it P—As I said before. Did you ask him to go to your father's house after Oct•, 18(32 P—Yes. Did you accompany that by asking for money ?—Yes. You swore tin' you never asked him for money when ho was knighted P—l Is that your handwriting would not swear whether it is or not. It is very like it. Did you admit before the magistrate at Bray that you wrote it F—l was in such confusion that I did not know the words I used. If you swore it was your handwriting, wo u ld i t b e t rue or falee P—l do not know. EI do not think I would phrase a letter asking for ..-C3 in the way that is phrased. [A. letter was here put in, in which the witness wrote for money, say ing, " u will seo what will happen if you are not prompt as usual."] When did you write that f—ln February, 1864. Was he prompt in giving you money?—He was. Under threats ?—No. What did you mean by " Bring it or send it ?"—lf he chose to give me money, I wanted it for the "sinews of war," as he phrased it, to carry on the publication, And he was prompt in lending money before your alleged outrage, as well as after it P Did you write to him saying for him to bring out £2O on the following Wednesday, at four o'clock, and not to send a messenger I ) —Yes ; I intended to receive him, and keep our servant outside of the door while I spoke of the disputes and annoyances which took place in his house. Did you want the money P--I did, for my own wants. You wanted him to lend it to you P—l did not care whether he did or not. Did he reply to that letters'—He did. [Sergeant Sullivan read the reply, in which Sir William Wilde declined the proposed meeting, and said that if she showed she did not want to injure herself by any further publication she should have the money. The witness sent a reply saying that her object was to take up the I 0 U which he held for money advanced to her.] In reply to Sergeant Sullivan, the witness stated that, when the wrote for £2O, Sir William wanted to enter into stipulations with her as to the terms on which she would take it. The cross-ex .mination then comes to tho affair of 14th October, 1862. Sergeant Sullivan—This one transaction you described occurred between you and Sir W. Wilde in October, 1862 ? —Yes. .And nothing of thA sort occurred before or after F—Not before. Did it after ?—I consider it was attempted. D.d you know what happened to you the day you were in the study in October ?—yes. You know perfectly well that day you were outraged —Y€s. And th© same thing was attempted after F—Yia. When P—ln July, 1863, Was that before you published the pamphlet ?—Yes. There is not a word in the pamphlet about it P—There are a groat many eircurastlnees not mentioned in the pamphlet. There is not a word in the pamphlet about the second attempt ?—That is for you to judge. ___ . Was there a third P—Not atter that. Was there in the interval P.--I don't know. Is that your answer P—lt is ; for Ido not know what motives actuate people in certain acts; or whether they in tend one thing or another thing, or whether they intend real rudeness or worse. You had been abused in October, and you knew it th© day it happened; and after that you cannot tell whether the man attempted to do the same thing or not ?—No. Nor form an opinion 2—l formed opinions. You did not ask my opinion. You asked for matters of fact; and I cannot state the matters of fact. It is whether an attempt was made to repeat the offence on you again. Yuu don't know whether there was or not ? —There was rudeness and roughness, leading to it. How often ?—Two or three times. Did you believe it was for the purpose of securing your person F—l thought it. And you went time after time to the study where this treatment had been offered you?—Yes. And you took his money ?--Yes. The plaintiff was cross-examined as to the statement in the pamphlet, that chloroform had been employed. Did ho attempt to take advangage of you under the influ ence of chloroform, es de.cribed in the pamphlet P—As de. scribed in that p run phlc t it i, not true. Then you published a falsehood to the world pub ;idled a sory. Had yen eny intention of itjuring Sir William Wilde when you published that had an intention to justify myself. You had no intention to injure him in charging him with chloroforming his patientf, and then al.tempting to outrage them ?—lt did not matter to me whether it injured him ,or not. I had as Hide commiseration for him as he had for mo, but l nnh do o t s t t e oho money ek d es You state in the introduction to your pamphl e t th a t it contain au altered and curtailed, but by no means exagge rated account e f Sir William Wild e ' s con d uct P—l say still it is not exaggerated, but it is altered. It is not exaggerated ? -- Yes, I cling to th a t . It is not an exaggeration to say yo u h a d b een chloro formed ?—lt was as bad as chloroform, b ut too gross for publication. But still you went back to the study an d t oo k t h e money, and wrote for tickets to the ball p —y es . A got money for the d ress , Did you buy the dress with his money ?---1 did. And wore it ?—Yes. v bought it ?—liis, dr r e e s s s s . from The man who outraged you ?- 1 - y es. Who suggested this wicked notion of the chloroform to you F—No one : I required to think of something that was treacherous. . Wasn't it to injure Sir William wild, you concocted this false story P—To prevent him doing me further injury, and to ti y and extract from him, as I said before, some inter ference, legal or otherwise, that I mi g h t, in the presence of others, say all I had to say. As to the day the alleged offence t oo k p l ace, you cannot fix the date of it?--Not answ ere d , You know it he. 1,19`-''utd that daYP—I did at the time. Do you mean while in his house? --Yes. The time." Sergeant Chief Justice—l don't qaite understand " a t th e Sergeant Sullivan—That the k new she was abused before— The Chief Justice—She says before she lett the house she knew she was violated, but ,I dont know that she r ays that at the time she was violated she kn ew it. y that you di I not k now i t at Stheregteimanet?S—uYllievsa.n—You imply Did yr,u see the servants theret—l did. Ihe people in the hall you pol e d w h en you were going upstairs or going out 2—When T • ?Vas going upstairs. You passed people iu the hall PSI did . people collect to go into the roomnot t ? h , a - t y th es e h:11 where the --Yes. Dees not the door cf the loom open from the hall ? Yes. Does rot the hall porter stand in the hall to open the door ?—Yes. And it was in that room you were outraged on a day you cannot tell ?—Yes. Nor within four hours of the time : you say between ono and Ik/ur F—l cannot tell what day it was ; I think it was the 16th of October, Did you not say yesterday it was the 14th ?—I don't know what date it w as precisely, You a woman, rep resent i ng yourself as a virgin thus aggrieved, cannot tell th e d ay on which it happened—is that your atoty ?—lt is. Sergeant Sullivan cross-examined the witness to show that the thought of the distracted language and passionate ges tures alleged to have been used and displayed by Sir William Wilde immediately after the alleged act had got into her mind from reading a book in which a similar steno was described. After some other questions, Sergeant Sullivan said he had nothing more to as k the wit nes s. Sergeant Armstrong, the leading counsel for the plaintiff, put a few additional questions; he askol : Did you hear me se ate that the circumstance of there not being future illicit intercourse between you and Sir Willim Wilde was no fault of his, an d th at he made approaches for the purpose P 1 —Y,s, The Chiq Justice —What leads you to say that, except on one occasion, there was no intercourse, but on subse• quent occasions it was attempted ?—Miss Travers—What I considered approaches to it—attempts. Sergeant Armstrong —It is an unpleasant matter, but it must be inquired into. State; anything he did or said from which you inferred an i mproper intercourse on his pat t. Miss Travers— ll e i ns i ste d on my l eav i ng a certain place in the room, end ha was rude in his manner---he tried to compel me to go to the other part et the room. Sergeant Armstrong—Was there any gesture? It is very hard to convey it, I am Bute. Sergeant Sullivan—Was there any gesture ? Let her state what occurred. With great respect, her statement about gestures won't do ; let her state what took place. The Chief Justice—This is really a very distressing sub ject, but people who come into court must leave considera tions of that sort outside. LA this lady state the details of what occurred on these occasions. Sergeant Armstrong—There can be no mock modesty. There is no room for it in this case—( re Miss Travers) — State what it was. The. Chief Justice—State what you say occurred on the sasequent occasions as nearly as you, can after this viola- j tion you speak of in October, 1862. Don't state it in general terms, but tell the facts that you say occurred, and which you are pleased to call attempts or overtures. Miss Travers—l think it was in November, 1862, that Mr Wilde wanted me to go into 'another part of the room (after a pause), and I refused, and he thought to drag me, and in dragging me he hurt me ; and when I prevented him he said I had not faith and confidence in him, and that I did nothing he told me. The Chief Justice—Did he say anything on that occa sion F.—Ea said nothing.. The other occasion was in the July following. The Chief Justice—What was the other occasion 1 ) —I was in an arm chair. He caught hold of my hand and forced me back to sit down in it, and said ho would not let me go until I said whether I !eyed him or not. Ho said that if I said I loved him he would let me go ; and I answered, "Yes, I love you very much; you will one day know how much I love you." He turned round and looked at me and said, "I was going to say you were very good, but you finished it—you tacked a word there that makes me think yeu meant ironically," or something to that effect. In forcibg me into the chair he bruised my finger. Sergeant Armstrong--There was no improper occurrence between you then P—No. The re-examination was understood to have been con cluded when the Court rose. Du LIN E Thursday Night. To-day Miss Travers proved the receipt of the letter con • taining the alleged libel. The plaintiff was not cross Sex amined, and this closed her case, Sergeant Sullivan, for the defendant, insisted that whether the plaintiff was justified in the imputation she had written agai:st Sir Wm. Wilde was foreign to the issue involved, and he would not suffer his client to enter upon any investi gation of the concocted charges. He dwelt upon the dis parity between the statements in the pamphlet and the viva Voce evidence ; upon the fact that no alarm had been given ; that the plaintiff had gone back to the same house and into the same study wherein it was said the offence had been perpetrated; and that she had solicited, demanded, and accepted money subsequent to the alleged outrage. The tine interpretation of Miss Travers's conduct and assertions was that she was not accountable for her actions. Lady Wilde was examined—She said that she had offended the plaintiff by refusing to see her, and herrevenge was the consequence. She thought that plaintiff's intention was to set up the supposition of an intrigue. She (Lady Wilde) did not believe that any such Mich intercourse had ev. r taken place. She had written the letter which had been called a libel in good faith. The case is still proceeding. The Wreck of the Stanley. The following is the report addressed to the Board of Trade : TO THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE. My Lords,—We have the honour to state for the infor mation of your lordships that we have held an official in quiry into the circumstances attending the loss of the screw steamship Stanley, which occurred on the evening of the 24th November, on the Spanish Battery Rocks at the en trance of the river Tyne. In this investigation we have had the able assistance of Captains Harris and Baker, the Nautical Assessors of the Board of Trade, and we now beg to submit the following as our report. The Stanley was built of iron at Hartlepool in the year 1858, and registered at Aberdeen: By her certificate of re• gistry she is described as being in length 193 9-10 ft, in breadth 27ft, and in depth 1411. ll3r gross tonnage was 552 tone, and her registered tonnage 376 tons, She was owned by the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company, and was em ployed in the coasting trade between that port and London. The vessel was propelled by two engines of the combined power of 110 horses. The crew consisted of 29 persons all told, and it is stated in evidence that she was in good con dition and properly equipped for her intended voyage. The Stanley left Aberdeen at 9.25 p.m. on the 23d No vemLer, under the command of Mr Thomas Howling, who held a certificate of service, which was lost in the ship. She had on board, as far as can be ascertained, 31 passen gers and an average general cargo. In addition, there were on deck 47 head of cattle secured in pens, and 30 sheep, and when the vessel left the port her draught of water was 13 feet aft and 9 feet forward. On leaving port the weather was fine, with a moderate breeze from SSW. Nothing of any moment occurred till the following morning, when the wind veered to S, and at 9 a.m. it drew round to SE, blowing hard, with a high sea getting up, and increasing rapidly. At 2p m. it was blow ing a hard gale with a very heavy sea, and the ship laboured so heavily that the cattle pens gave way. The weather hav ing now assumed a very threatening aspect, the master held a consultation with his mate. They referred to their chart, and finding Tynemouth bore about west, and distant about 25 miles, they deemed it more prudent to run for that har bour than the Firth of Forth, as both the wind and sea were more favourable for reaching the Tyne. Accordingly a course was shaped to make the entrance of the Tyne. At 4 30 p,m. they made Tynemouth Light, bear ing about Wby N. On approaching the harbour rockets were fired in the hope of obtaining a pilot, and the ship's head was turned to seaward, awaiting the result of their sig nals. Night coming on, and the ship making very heavy weather of it, with hardly steerage way against the heavy sea, the captain held a further consultation with his mate, on the propriety of entering the Tyne without a pilot orthe guidance of the harbour lights. The mate had considerable experience of the navigation of the Tyne, and the master, feeling the urgency of the case and knowing the dangerous position in which his vessel then was, deterthined to run in for the safety of ship and all on board. Having thus decided, and considering further delay dangerous, the ship was steered for the harbour. A small pilot steamer, which had been out seeking for vessels, was driven in by strass of weather about a quarter of an hour before the Stanley entered, and the Stanley, in her then dangerous position, was left to her own resources. She entered between the piers in safety, and while proceeding at a rate of eight knots an hour, three tre mendous seas in euccession struck her aft, a little on the starboard quarter, broaching her to against her holm (then hard a-starboard), and before the ship could recover the proper channel she grounded on the rocks below the Spanish Battery, at about half-past 5 p.m., and ultimately became a total wreck, with a disastrous loss of life. A communication was established by means of the rocket apparatus, but, in spite of the repeated commands of the master to taka the hawser to the masthead, it was made fast so slow that after three lives had been saved it became en- tangled in the rocks, and was rendered useless. The rising tide and heavy sea prevented the Coastguard and those on shore from making any further efforts at that titco to cm utunicate with the ill-fated ship. Prior to this an attempt had been made by one of the crew to lower one of the ship' s boats, but the davit breaking five lives were lost, and shortly afterwards the whole of the remaining boats were washed away, About half-past 6 p.m. the Tynemouth lifeboat Con stance put off, but was recalled in consequence of an un founded impression that the crew and passengers had been saved by the Shields lifeboats. It was subsequently ascer tained that the Shields lifeboats had been uusnecessful in their attempts to reach the wreck, and at about 8 o'clock the Tynemouth lifeboat again put off and made a gallant effort to reach the ship, and had nearly succeeded when an overwhelming sea washed over the Stanley's bow, and falling upon the lifeboat broke all the cars from the rollocks, and washed overboard all but two of her spare oars. In this disabled condition the sea carried her into the rigging of a schooner stranded at a little distance ahead of the Stanley. By this mischance four of the boat's crew were thrown out, two of whom unfortunately lost their lives. After this the lifeboat was rendeted useless, and she drifted up the river. While this fruitless effort was being made to relieve the sufferers, the Coastguard had proceeded with the rocket apparatus to North Shields, from whence they put off in a ateamtug to the scene of the wreck, but the sea was so terrific that they were unable to reach the voesel, and were compelled to return. About 10 p.m. the ship broke in two, the same sea sweep ing away the deckhouse, on which most of the passengers had taken refuge, and washing them overboard. At this time the greatest sacrilhe of human life took place. The fore part of the ship swung round to the wind and sea, and one of her anchors having been providentially washed from the cathead, the chain attached to it held her in position, or probably we should have to record a still greater loss of life. The Coastguard, whose 1 audable exertions cannot be too highly commended, returned to the scene of the disaster, and the tide having fallen, succeeded in again establishing a communication with the ship at about 6 o'clock km ; by this means the remainder of the crew and passengers, some 33 in number, were .eventually rescued, 26 having met with a watery grave. Such is the narrative of tho loss of tho Stanley, as extracted from the evidence before us. In commenting upon these avents we would direct the attention of your lordships to certain facts elicited during the lengthened and searching investigation in which we have been engaged, in the hope that measures may be taken to prevent, if possible, similar disasters in future. A review of the evidence will show that the Tyne Im provement Commissioners, by removing the old bar and deepening and widening the channel, have vastly improved the entrance to the harbour, and have rendered its naviga tion comparatively safe ; but the full advantages which would have resulted from this improvement appear in some measure neutralised by the absence of buoys and beacons to indic tte the deep water channel. The valuable evidence of Mr lire, the enineer-in• chief of the Tyne Commissioners, will be read with groat atten tion. All that seems to be required to render the Tyne available for vessels of considerable draught of wafer in all weathers and at all periods of the tide is a proper system of lights and buoys, and the enneurrent testimony of nearly all the witnesses examined before us,,speaks to the necessity of keeping the guiding lights exhibited at all times of the tide, instead of extinguishing them, as is now the practice, at half-ebb.. and re• lighting them as soon as the flood has made in the harbour. In the present a'ate of the river, had the lights been exhibited throughout the night we might not now have to deplore the numerous wrecks and the fearful sacriflos of lifa that cccurred on the night of the 24th of November last. Another point to which we would direct particular atten tion is the difficulty the Stanley experienced as to obtaining a. pilot, It is the practice of the screw stoamere frequenting the Tyne to retain the services of a pilot, specially selected, and who is expeettel to await the ship's arrival ; when this takes place . during the night, the ship discharges a rocket as a signal, and this is now of such frequent occurrence that a rocket signal is not heeded, except by pilots specially re. tained by vessels then expected. Thus the Stanley, arriving off the port and seeking shelter, found her signals totally disregarded. 'I he pilot's 'steamer which was outside the harbour saw the Stanley, but, taking her for one of the screw steamers frequenting the port, and presuming that she would have a pilot awaiting her arrival, did not go near her; and the pilots in their evidence state that they have been so frequently disappointed, end their services so con stantly refused, that they have ceased to communicate with this class of vessels. We venture to suggest that this state things should le remedied, so that a stranger arriving off the port troy rely upon obtaining the services of a pilot. . . . Taking into consideration all the circumstances of the case, the state of the weather, and what was requisite for the safety of the ship and of the lives and property in trusted to the care of the captain, we hove decided, with the concurrence of our assessors, that he was justified in making for this port; and that, having been unsuccessful in obtaining a pilot, and being then on a lea shore, with an unusually heavy sea, and knowing that there was a suffi cient depth of water on the bar, he was also justified in running in, assisted as he was by tho local knowledge of the mate. And we are further of opinion that the loss of the steamship Stanley was a- misadventure caused by the overwhelming sea, the absence of leading lights, and by other circumstances beyond the control of the master. We have, therefore, adjudged that Captain Thomas Howling is entitled to a renewal of his certificate.—We have, ice., JOSEPH SPENCE R J.P. ALEX. S. STEVENSON, J.P. We concur in the above report, IL HARRIS, I Nautical Assessors. R. B Beim, Tynemouth, Dec. 13. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TatEs.—The Grand Jury is, in theory, the most wise and necessary institution that any county can possess. The Grand Jury is supposed to see that every public matter goes on right. It is to the county what the housekeeper is in a private eeta• blishment, what the secretary ii in a public depart ment, what a bishop is in his diocese. It is bound to bring together a complete knowledge of all matters within its area of jurisdiction, and to see that every thing is goiag on quietly, that every ono is doing his work, that every one, as the Chinese say, "sweeps the snow from before his own door," and that nothing happens that ought not to happen. Thus, if there be a murder committed, or a truck standing before a chandler's shop in a narrow street, or if Billingsgate be growing louder than accustomed, or the Thames rise above the usual stench mark, or loitering cabs render the street impassable, or there be a further invasion of apple stalls, the Grand Jury is the constitutional remedy. Pickpockets, barrel organs, and scarlet fevers; tumbledown house, income taxes, overdriven horses, and public indecencies; mob orators, wandering lunatics, and encroachments on the public parks; libels, pigsties, and stage plays; nuisances of all kinds, offences of every nature, disagreeables of every description —all ought to b 3 abated by the Grand Jury, who, accord ing to the system as it existed in the time of King Alfred, ought to do all that Magistrates and Corn missioners of Police, and Inspectors of Nuisances and District Surveyors, Highway officers and Local Commissioners and Metropolitan Boards of Works have been found by no means too much to do in these latter days. All this, we will try to believe, the Grand Jury did in good King Alfred's time ; bat if this ever were so they have long since given up all idea of any such usefulness. The only whole some exercise we have known in modern times of their ancient jurisdiction is that exhibited the other day by the Grand Jury of the City of London, who, awakening to a sense of their old responsibilities, have come into court and presented themselves as a nuisance, The Grand Jury of the county of the City of London—for London is a county as well es a city—take unnecessary pains to prove that they have long shown in themselves an egregious in stance of the nuisances that ought to be forthwith abated. In the first place, there is no single duty which they are supposed to perform which is not already assigned to special cfficers, who, if they do their work, leave nothing for a Grand Jury to do, and, if they do not do their work, leave nothing undone which a Grand Jury is ever likely to do. In the second place, there being nothing to do, people who have a great deal of work on their hands are taken from their own business in order to do that " nothing." It is all very well for country gentlemen, who really do for the most part thoroughly understand the wants of their neigh bourhood, to drive into the assisa tow n a n d listen to the Judge's charge, and talk over what they shall do about roads and bridges and the like at the next magistrates meeting. But London Grand Jurors ' are altogether different people. They are men VG Ith dingy counting-houses about the Bank, and ledgers that seem disproportionate to the size of the closet like places in which they are uied. These Grand Jurors are mercantile men, who are being pursued all day long by telegrams from every part. of the earth, whose countingahouses are rented at several guineas per square foot, and whose time is worth a guinea a minute. Suerly it is a dreadful cruelty to bring these restless men unnecessarily away from their own work and lock them up in a room,- to do nothing with a solemn air of deliberation ? " The Grand Jury of the December Session, 1864," have, under these very natural feelings, presented them selves as a nuisance. They are, they say, an en cumbrance rather than a help to th e a d minis t ra t ion of justice, having no other practical office than that of allowing prosecutors and defendants to compound prosecutions; and inflicting a general discourage. 7 merit upon prosecutors by compelling them to at tend with their witnesses day after day in cold stone lobbies, expressly constructed to exclude the light and to admit cold 'draughts of air from every quarter. We must confess that we think this Grand Jury have taken a proper view of their duties. After a London magistrate has investi grated a charge in open court, a subsequent secret investigation interposed between the accused and his nest open trial can but enable the defend. ant, if he be at once rich, guilty, and unscru pulous, to buy off the witnesses who appeared be fore the magistrate. Again, when a prosecutor hes undertaken, for purposes of public morality, or in order to raise the value o f hi s own property at the expense of his neighbours, or in order to make a parish bill of costs, or for any other motive, good, bad, or indifferent, to set up one cf those slave-hunts by which the most wretched of all our population aro hunted to and fro from cover to cover in this great jungle of houses, the Grand Jury affords the opportunity for making terms of eviction with the wretched fugitives. Or, if money is to be extorted by a falie charge spinet an innocent man, the Grand Jury, sitting in secret in the centre of their windy labyrinth, are compelled to listen to the slender, and a charge which would be blown away by the first breath of public examination receives a sort of ccuntenance by the Grand Jury finding a trite bill on the evidence of the prosecutor alone. So far as we know, it is only gamblers, and extor tioners, and riv a l proprietors of infamous houses who, in the present day, habitually prefer a bill to the Grand Jury without going before a magic. trate ; but there may, of Course, be exceptions, of which both we and the Grand Jury who made this presentment are ignorant. Why does this mis chievous absurdity still exist P Shall we answer the question frankly P It exists by reason of the ignorance and the cowardice and the indolence of successive Law Officers of the Crown for many years Now past. These are hard words, and we use them entirely m iii or i sensu, and by no means as imputations upon any individual. An overworked lawyer has a p resentment of this kind placed before him, and is asked by his chief whether a short bill would not do away with this London Grand Jury, and be very salutary and safe as well as popular. The lawyer has not a moment to think or to read, and his momentary impression is that a Grand Jury is a very old tree, and you can't tell whither the roots go, or what you may pull up with it. Here is his ignorance. Then he imagines that if he were to abolish this Grand Jury it might suddenly be dis covered that fo r want o f some half-forgotten lune. tion which a Grand Jury only could perform, all the sentences might turn out to be void, or all the pri sons have to be opened. Here is his cowardice, very excusable under the circumstances. The proper course would be, no doubt, to read up the whole • matter, and when he felt himself standing on firm knowledge then to act without fear. This, however, ho will not do, for he cannot afford time to do it; and this is his indolence—indolence ad hos. All this is very natural and vary pardonable in an At torney or Solicitor General or a Lord Chancellor, who has a hundred times as many things to do as he ever ba s time to do properly, but still it ought to bit done. POST.—Ii has been observed for some time past by those who have the privilege to approach the Quen that her M.tjesty is happily regaining some of her former elasticity of spirit, and that, however much her great sorrow is always present to her, nevertheless the Queen is now more ;able to attend, not Only to those absolute duties which she has always sacredly fulfilled, but also to the general courtesies and social surroundings of her royal lifo. These facts have given rise to sincere congratula tion in the efficial and courtly world, and to the happiest auguries for the future. This has become gradually and generally known. If a contemporary who loves to prophecy with foreknowledge was ignorant of it, his article of yesterday was ride and overbearing. If, however, he wrote in pas.,n9sion of the truth that her M jests is now gore dispo-cd to take part in the outward ehowa and displays of j _ gfr i royalty, then:his leader was very unjustifia ble, fo ' r surely nothing can more shock good taste and sense of propriety than to make the Sove rei g n s efforts to set aside her own trouble and to satisfy and please her people appear to proceed only fro 3, -the dictation of a bold and irreverent prefia The nation will learn with more than emaz is e : meat that the anniversary of the death of t e u, Prince Consort has been made the oc2asion for urging her Majesty to "think of her enbjects' clain3t. and the duties of her high station, and not to POS,. pone them longer to the indulgence of an ing grief." The Queen is entreated to rernes n e _ that it is not a matter of indifference whether try Sovereign should be seen and take part in Pu blic affiirs, and that no reigning House can afford t confirm in their views those whb suggest that the Throne is only an ant'quarien relic and ItoyaltS tines% itself a ceremony. It is admitted that, " for the interests of royalty," the English peePle et " not of this opinion ; but the balance of the cons"' tution depends, it is said, or. the Sovereign heirt able on certain occasions to rise superior to Pe/ suggestions and stand as the representative of the nation and the guardian of the executive. This subject has been adverted to before in the sam e specter, and there can be no doubt that bee Mr e jesty's seclusion has been univ e rsally deplored. - 1 - 5 ' is true that it was hoped and desired that the dal e of mourning, which. have deprived the people of the royal presence, would ere now have been conside red as past; but at the same time her Majesty's tu b jecta can never forget that the Queen has sustain ed no common bereavement, and the language to which we are adverting is assuredly wholly averse from the sentiments of loyalty and devotion they fer vently entertain. Even if it was thought desirable' to give expression to the sense of disappointment that is experienced—which, bearing in mind the touching and impressive answer that was gracionsii returned to a similar aeal, seems exceeding l i doubtful—it might surety have been done other; wise, without exaggerations which are patent, a n ,,, without arguments which are supererogatory, not to say offensive. Above all, the time is, we must thirll c ' most ill chosen, Her Majesty has just visited. th!: royal mausolcum,and when the people were prepare d to sympathise with the emotion they can apprEcla te t for it may be seen every day iuour cemeteries, thil! severe remonstrance is poured into the national ear. We feel, therefore, that we should not he fulfilling our own obligations if we did not protest against such an interpretation of public opinion; Theme is something unspeakably abrupt e n ` a startling in the statement that "it is impossible for a recluse to occupy the British throne with: out a gradual weakening of that authority whin; the Sovereign has been - accustomed to assert ti but it is happily not necessary to discuss the veal; ter upon en entirely irrelevant assumption. may be affirmed, without the least hesitation, that during the past three years, though suf f ering acutely, her Majesty his never neglected the detie e of sovereignty, nor ceased to bold that intercourse with the ablest and most respected persons in th e land which is rightly said to be essential to the ad ministration of constitutional government. What the effort has cost the Queen may be better' eon: ceived than expressed ; but her Majesty has : 0 ' spared herself, and we are satisfied that if this su b° ject could be referred to in the House of Lords, th e noble leader of the Opposition would vie with the Ministers of the Crown in vindicating the Sovereign' It is greatly to be regretted that the sorrow of the royal mourner hasnot.yet been sufficiently alleviat ed f to admit of the performance of many social note e a courtesy and condescension, and it must be °wile, that, worthily as her Maksty has been represent ed by the Prince and Princess of Wales, there are per` vileges which cannot be conferred by any delegatio n of the royal authority; but to infer that the preroo waives of the Crown have been thereby weakened' or that republican theories are consequently gain ing strength, is libelling the loyalty of the Eng°, nation. More opportunely, and in quite /tooth' tone, the people of this country would have been pleased to see their wishes expressed and explained. They cannot but desire that their beloved Sovereign • should come again amongst them, and they mai i n permitted to think that the exertion would eve" tually conduce to the Queen's personal welfare, which must always be their first considerati on- But this tone of upbraiding they will, we are sure' disclaim altogether, as entirely failing to convey any proper description of their feelings, and ascot" pletely misapprehending the view they take of the Queen's retirement. British loyalty cannot he affected by the circumstances which are most dwelt upon. A Knight of the Garter may be made hi proclamation, and a levee may be held by d e puty , without in the remotest degree diminishing the faith of the nation in its form of government. W e are not so given to change. Ours is not a sot' in which ideas of innovation take root so reedilY• The fundamental principles of the constitution are not to be shaken like a reed before the wind. Not are we likely to be fascinated by any visions of re" publican simplicity. In seclusion or in sccietyt Queen Victoria will reign in the hearts of her 0 0 " jests; and, while they would humbly and respect' fully beg of her Majesty to endeavour to overcome a great grief, they 'would urge their prayer suitable' and in season, at the same time heartily and grate. fully acknowledging that all the essential dut ies of the Crown have been faithfully and religiously fulfilled. COUNTRY ZURKETS. BIRMINGHAM—TEURSDILY. There was a fair supply of English wheat in our Ott market to-day, which moved off slowly. and prices w ere l a per qr under last week's quotations. Fine barley show, and sold at the turn m favour of buyers ; trade e1 t ,1 6 ,; —English wheat was sold at 40s to 44s for white, and t° to 41s per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting, "m" o f , 34s per qr; grinding, 228, to 25s Oats, old, 24s to 3r per 30 stone; Irish, 19s to 245. Beans, 38s to 425 pe r * peas, 388 to 40s per 36 stone. MANCHESTER—THURSDAY. kei There was only a moderato attendance at our M ar „g this morning, and Englieh wheat. was taken off elowlY 7 3 . Is decline the currency of last week. American as b eWr a Flour was in exceedingly limited request, and wo redo a 9 our quotations 6d per sack. Oats and oatmeal were W i re rather in fay Air of buyere. Deans and Indian corn We each 6d per qr lower. BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNEMIDA.Y. . ' There was a very good show of wheat at this marke t s l y day, the conditions b e in g b a d th e sa l e w a s s low at bar Er late rates. Barley in good su pply, fi ne sor t s scarce; 4 :"`" kinds met a slow sale at late rater. EDINBURGH GRAIN—WEDNESDAT. • h To-day there was a fair supply o f coun t r y w heat, sold at late rates. Wheat on the top 5s Od down is Barley on the top Os 6d down ..average averaged 3di up' Oats on tho top Os 6d up..... average Oa 6 ,1 u !" . Beans on the top Os 6d up ..average Os 3L I ut" Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ... 748 qrs Sold 390 qrs Barley ...... .. 2435 qrs Sold 1605 qrs Oats Beans ll9 qrs Sold 83 qrs Aver age Prices. 4d Wheat., 36s 8d I Oats , l B3 Barley 24s 7d I Beans. Town. made flour sells as follows :—White, 363; csto superfine, 318; superfine, 325; fino,.3os. GLASGOW—WEDNESDAY . The arrivals were moderate, and the market Wa g Oa attended. Wheat sold slowly at late rates, Barley oats were dull. Beans were steady. flour was in lII ° rate demand. Maize unchanged, u it A HINT FOR LONDON.—The United States Cir° o Court, New York, has given a verdict of t ie dols to a person for damages sustained while crossing t'lto street from a stage. The law is that pedestians llaT s • o f first right to the caossing of the street on foot. Dri vers vehicles should make a note of this fact, and no run p e . .,„ sons down in the street by fast driving round the corners' Quebec Morning Chronicle. Births. BABIZON.—On. the 14th inst., at 436, West Strand, Sl* F. J. Barron, of a son. 109 EDEN.— Oa the 14th inst., the wife of the Hon . It . —ell Eden, of a daughter. tw ifeof POOLE.—On the 15th inst., at Woodford, N. 8., the "- Mr. John Poole, of a da ughter. Marriages. S 3i t 6 KIRIPA.TRICII—MARRIOTT.—On the 13th inst., at tfi e " john's, Hyde.park-square, Thomas Sutton KirJcP,,anr..oes Esq., Captain 3d Dragoon Guards, to Ros e, Y °— - daughter of Frederick Marriott, D-q.. t North MELLIAR—DENTSBURY.—Oa the 13th inst., „f a Id,' ,, Aston, Oxon, Andrew Foster Mellair, Etc" 4 " , ':te 17 ' Rectory, to Catherine Lucretia, daughter of t he B. Dewsbury, EFq., of Great Berkhampstead. B 10 . GS .—0 a th,-. Deaths. BULL.—On the sth inst., at Cation Grove, odi:° sth inst,, at Stourbridge, Mrs. The . Biggs, aged 86. Co ß o u s ll — , Norwic h ' C13°15. Esc he 13th mast at 73, Wim 1 t °et the Rey' poi 8-8 I' ) John Cook, rector of OOkley, Surrey, aged 8 1 . it/0 001 DRIGHTON.--• On the 14th inst at his other's r t : • ter' Kensington -pal k, W. C. D."Deigh i t s on7 N•A" b rri3 at-law, In ner T em pl e . Os° l) ' DAWKINB.—On the 14th inst., a t Over Norta te v on, 4 0 3 0 l Emma, widow of Colonel Hery Dawkins , Coldstream Guards, aged 67. lire °. WALLACE.—On the 14th inst., at 3, Cre scent -terra Minster, London,S. W., General Peter Margelson vv, ' A O- Colonel Commandant of the 11th Brigade it QP II . lery, aged 84. — .... :S A vl l l ' London: Printed an d Prblished by WILLIAM "" K No. i 4 r; 1% of ,•:, 112, Sttand, Printer, at 2HE Sw. , 0 ,10 (100 ,0 0. Strand, ;u •lie Precinct of (1P Savoy , 7) 'h Alludlvlsx.—Fsiday, December 36, I€•f. ti h; kr t . ptiz ‘ k 4c: ‘t.